FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Follmann Christian
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/01/2022		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Hercules Capital, Inc. [HTGC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., 400 HAMILTON AVENUE, SUITE 310		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Operating Officer
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

PALO ALTO, CA 94301		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 49,045 (1)
D
 
Restricted Stock Units 413 (2)
D
 
Common Stock 350
I
By Spouse

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Follmann Christian
C/O HERCULES CAPITAL, INC.
400 HAMILTON AVENUE, SUITE 310
PALO ALTO, CA 94301		       Chief Operating Officer  

Signatures

/s /Eileen Bagarella, Attorney-in-Fact for Christian Follmann 02/02/2022
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes 4,830 shares of unvested restricted stock from a previous grant of 14,488 shares granted on January 13, 2020, 9,596 shares of unvested restricted stock from a previous grant of 14,393 shares granted on January 12, 2021 and 14,286 shares of unvested restricted stock from a previous grant of 14,286 shares granted on January 11, 2022 issued under the 2018 Amended Equity Incentive Plan. Each grant vests as to one third of the shares upon the first anniversary of the grant date followed by equal quarterly vestings over two years.
(2) Unvested restricted stock units and dividend equivalent shares from a previous grant of 4,000 shares granted on April 24, 2019 issued under the 2018 Amended Equity Incentive Plan that vests as to one third of the shares upon the first anniversary of the grant date followed by equal quarterly vestings over two years.

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